RS 2672 - Definitions
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Adult residential care facility" means a publicly or privately operated residence or facility that provides personal assistance, lodging, and meals for compensation to two or more adults who are unrelated to the residence licensee, operator, or administrator.
(2) "Assisted living" means a residential congregate housing environment combined with the capacity by in-house staff or others to provide supportive personal services, twenty-four-hour supervision and assistance, whether or not such assistance is scheduled, social, and health-related services to maximize residents' dignity, autonomy, privacy, and independence, and to encourage facility and community involvement.
(3) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.
Acts 1997, No. 1185, §2.